{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"When a friend is going through a difficult time, there’s a lot of pressure to say the “right” thing. The last thing you want to do is offer a tired platitude or make things worse. Which is why people often don’t say anything at all — leaving their friend feeling abandoned, says grief therapist ","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{"uri":"https://ginamoffa.com/"},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"underline"}],"value":"Gina Moffa","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"hyperlink"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":", LCSW. ","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"But that doesn’t have to be you. Thanks to Moffa, we have the ","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":"actually helpful","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":" words you can say to the people you love. Copy and paste these scripts right into your text thread. 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